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Example sentences from the Web for colouredI smiled at her confusion and complimented her on the banner she was embroidering from a coloured plate. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST An elderly ‘coloured’ woman said, to no-one in particular, “No, that little boy has nothing to worry about.” South Africa Kicks Off Week Of Mourning Mandela|Mark Gevisser|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST But Céline has never had a coloured person showing in their collection. Céline's New Look|Erin Cunningham|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST He coloured, but he had no time to ask her why she was glad—for Helen came up to them. Vera Nevill|Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron
Mrs. Germaine coloured, threw back her head, and strove to conceal the anguish of her conscience. Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth Margaret coloured with pleasure, though she could not quite believe what he told her. Fair Margaret|Francis Marion Crawford He was a very Alderman in embryo, if there are such things as coloured Aldermen. Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies And as he walked past them he dropped a box of coloured matches on the ground. The Four Feathers|A. E. W. Mason
adjectivepossessing colour having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured) Words nearby colouredcolour bar, colour-blind, colour code, colour commentator, colour contrast, coloured, colourfast, colour filter, colourful, colour guard, colour index British Dictionary definitions for coloured (2 of 2)
noun plural Coloureds or Colouredold-fashioned, offensive an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person Southern African - a person of mixed ethnic parentage or descent
- a person of mixed ethnic descent speaking English or Afrikaans as their mother tongue
adjectiveold-fashioned, offensive designating or relating to a Coloured person or Coloured people usage for ColouredThe use of Coloured to refer to a person of mixed ethnic origin is likely to cause offence and should be avoided Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |